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1 Nosegay -- rank: 1000

Nosegay definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary NO'SEGAY, n. A bunch ... used to regale the sense of smelling. As on the nosegay in her breast reclined. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n ... is usually given as a present [syn: bouquet, corsage, posy, nosegay] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Middle English, from nose nose ... NOSE + GAY in obs. use = ornament Webster's 1913 Dictionary Nosegay Nose"gay`, n. [Nose + gay in the sense of a ...

2 Bouquet -- rank: 638

... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary BOUQUET, n. booka'y. A nosegay; a bunch of flowers. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n ... is usually given as a present [syn: bouquet, corsage, posy, nosegay] 2: a pleasingly sweet olfactory property [syn: bouquet, fragrance, fragrancy ... 1. a. flowers picked and fastened together in a bunch ; nosegay b. medley < a bouquet of songs > 2. compliment 3. a ... boscus. See Bush thicket, and cf. Bosket, Busket.] 1. A nosegay; a bunch of flowers. 2. A perfume; an aroma; as ... VAR Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. [ Fr. ] 1. Nosegay, bunch of flowers, posy. 2. Cluster (e. g. of gems ... remark, flower arrangement, fragrance, fragrancy, fruitiness, garland, incense, lei, muskiness, nosegay, odor, orchids, pack, package, packet, parcel, perfume, polite commendation, ...

3 Posy -- rank: 588

... is usually given as a present [syn: bouquet, corsage, posy, nosegay] Merriam Webster's noun (plural posies) Etymology: alteration of poesy ... 1. a brief sentiment, motto, or legend 2. a. bouquet, nosegay b. flower Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (pl. -ies) 1 a ... having an enigmatical significance. Wedgwood.] A flower; a bouquet; a nosegay. ``Bridegroom's posies.'' --Spenser. We make a difference between suffering ... of n Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Nosegay, bouquet, bunch of flowers. 2. Inscription (as on a ring ... flower, flower arrangement, floweret, gardening, garland, horticulture, hortorium, lei, miscellany, nosegay, omnibus, pack, package, packet, parcel, polite commendation, quiver, roll, rouleau ...

4 POSEY, or POESY -- rank: 358

... or POESY Definitions 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue A nosegay. I shall see you ride backwards up Holborn-hill, with ... on being properly equipped for that occasion, had always a nosegay to smell to, and a prayer book, although they could ...

5 corsage -- rank: 358

... is usually given as a present [syn: bouquet, corsage, posy, nosegay] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: French, bust, bodice, from Old ... boutonniere, buttonhole, chaplet, dickey, festoon, flower arrangement, garland, lei, linen, nosegay, posy, shift, shirt, spray, waist, wreath

6 Posies -- rank: 226

... having an enigmatical significance. Wedgwood.] A flower; a bouquet; a nosegay. ``Bridegroom's posies.'' --Spenser. We make a difference between suffering ...

7 Perfume -- rank: 226

... jasmine oil, lavender oil, musk, muskiness, myrcia oil, myrrh, nose, nosegay, odor, odorize, oxygenate, parfum, perfumery, redolence, reek, rose oil, scent ...

8 Parcel -- rank: 226

... lot, lots, manor, measure, member, mess, messuage, mete out, moiety, nosegay, number, one or two, pack, package, packet, parcel out, part ...

9 Packet -- rank: 226

... great deal, hooker, hulk, hull, keel, leviathan, loads, lots, mint, nosegay, pack, package, parcel, piles, posy, pretty penny, quiver, roll, rouleau ...

10 Package -- rank: 226

... junta, lap, league, length and breadth, marriage, meld, melding, merger, nosegay, one and all, pack, package deal, packaging, packet, packing, parcel ...

11 Pack -- rank: 226

... picture film, movement, much, muchness, multiplicity, multiply, multitude, negative, nest, nosegay, number, numbers, obstipate, obstruct, occlude, onus, oodles, orthochromatic film, out ...

12 Odor -- rank: 226

... index, individualism, keynote, lineaments, mannerism, mark, marking, mold, muskiness, nature, nosegay, particularity, peculiarity, perfume, property, quality, quirk, redolence, savor, scent, seal ...

13 Incense -- rank: 226

... love feast, lustration, mactation, mad, madden, miff, move, muskiness, nettle, nosegay, oblation, odor, odorize, offering, offertory, oil, oiliness, olibanum, overexcite, palaver ...

14 Festoon -- rank: 226

... gaiety, garland, gaudery, gilding, gilt, gingerbread, hook, hyperbola, lei, lituus, nosegay, parabola, paste, pinchbeck, posy, sinus, spray, superfluity, tinsel, tracery, trappings ...

15 Fasces -- rank: 226

... heraldry, insignia, lapel pin, livery, mace, mantle, markings, medal, mortarboard, nosegay, old school tie, pack, package, packet, parcel, pin, portfolio, posy ...